CVE-2022-38015: Windows Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.5)

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Category

Denial of Service

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

Less Likely

Patch Tuesday

2022-Nov

Released

2022-11-08

EPSS Score

0.68% (percentile: 71.6%)

FAQ

According to the CVSS metric, a successful exploitation could lead to a scope change (S:C). What does this mean for this vulnerability? Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a Hyper-V guest to affect the functionality of the Hyper-V host.

Affected Products (14)

Windows

• Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
• Windows 10 Version 21H1 for x64-based Systems
• Windows Server 2022
• Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
• Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
• Windows Server 2016
• Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)

Security Updates (7)

• 5019966
• 5019959
• 5019081
• 5019961
• 5019980
• 5019970
• 5019964

Acknowledgments

Eran Segal with <a href="https://www.safebreach.com/">Safebreach</a>

Revision History

• 2022-11-08: Information published.